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“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca<\/a> <\/p>\n I’ve had two instances of this this week and I seem to have trouble learning the lesson.\u00a0 On Wednesday AM\u00a0Heather, who manages the corral in the museum’s lobby, demanded my presence and Grace Googins.\u00a0 We were needed immediately, at 9:50 AM, to greet our 10:00 tours.\u00a0 When we showed up a bit later than she liked, she was rude and insistent that “a memo had gone out.”\u00a0 Later, I confronted her, told her I did not like her attitude.\u00a0 She had an attitude and her facts were wrong.\u00a0 Our tour group, it turned out, didn’t show up until 10:10 AM.\u00a0 She apologized later, but I was still angry.\u00a0 My reaction to her injured me, a lesson I\u00a0recognize from years of being angry at my father.\u00a0 Still, not a lesson I’ve learned.\u00a0 Such confrontations weigh on me.\u00a0 I need to learn a new style.<\/p>\n This morning I had a chance to indicate I’d learned a lesson.\u00a0 Michelle Byfield-Stead was the lead docent for a tour I had agreed to do as a sub for Careen Heegard.\u00a0 This was the third time I had\u00a0Michelle\u00a0as a lead docent.\u00a0 Each time she has called at the last minute, last night it was late in the evening, and had this excuse or another.\u00a0 I have never had a tour with her where she was prompt.\u00a0 This is disrespectful and downright annoying.<\/p>\n So, I could have gone in this morning and assertively explained to her my problem.\u00a0 Instead, I only saw her in a group and I was rude.\u00a0 Again, not a positive response.\u00a0 I was downright passive aggressive.\u00a0 Geez.\u00a0 I know better than this, but somehow, every once in a while, especially if I’m really irked, I act out.\u00a0 Not always, but sometimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Still niggling at me even now.\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0\u00a0 I expect better of myself, but like Paul, find myself doing those I would not do and not doing those things I would.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 58\u00a0 bar steep fall 29.69 1mph S dewpoint 34 Spring \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Crescent Moon of Winds “Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca I’ve had two instances of this this week and I seem to have trouble learning the lesson.\u00a0 On Wednesday … Continue reading Doing Those Things I Would Not Do And Vice Versa<\/span>